Whatcha Reading?

What I Reviewed Last Week If week before last was Reading Week (I read an amazing 15 books!), and last week was Books-in-the-Mail Week (lots of books in the mail), then this week is Reviewing Week. The Thing About Life is that One Day You'll Be Dead by David Shields When people ask me, “What do people mean when they talk about personal essay?”  I can do no better than refer them to this book...more Manuscript Found in Accra by Paulo Coelho It was with trepidation that I agreed to review Manuscript Found in Accra.  I will say upfront that I am not a big fan of The Alchemist and, if you are...more The Bird King by Shaun Tan Curious about what goes into the pages of an artist’s notebook? I was.  I was curious enough to buy this little book with snippets from...more The Changeover by Margaret Mahy Laura Chant is a teen growing up with her divorced mom  and younger brother in New Zealand.  Laura sees that something is happening to her brother...more Life After Life by Jill McCorkle One of my constant worries as a reader is that a beloved author will disappoint.  It is especially true when the beloved author hasn’t published anything...more The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson This is the second book I’ve read this year about a man who has left his home  and taken to the road and both books were European. (Is this a new trend...more Blossoming in Provence by Kristin Espinasse All you need to say is “French setting” and I come running.  I read Espinasse’s earlier book, Words in a French Life, a few years ago and liked the way...more Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb I've been reading this book, Antifragile, for almost four weeks.  I call it reading. I've turned all the pages. I've read all the words. That's reading...more Peeling the Onion by Wendy Orr The car accident changed Anna’s life forever, crippling her,  giving her perpetual high-level pain, and ending her future as an athlete. Anna...more The Dark by Lemony Snicket and illustrated by Jon Klassen The Dark is scary when you are four, isn’t it? When you are eight?  Even ten and twelve, sometimes. So what is this little book about, with its scary...more French Twist by Catherine Crawford American children are brats. (Ouch. That hurts.) That’s true. We know it is true. But it still hurts to write it down...more The Incident Report by Martha Baillie Do you like one-of-a-kind novels? Do you enjoy novels that surprise you?  Do you look for novels written in unusual formats? Look no further...more More Baths, Less Talking by Nick Hornby I’ve read a good bit of Nick Hornby,  but I have to say that my favorite Nick Hornby books are these...more A Long Way Away: A Two-Way Story by Frank Viva What do you call words that read the same forward and backward?  A palindrome, right? Well, this story is a palindrome story...more The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros Do I really need to tell you about this book?  Do you really need to know anything more than that this book is about a lovely...more

Whew! That's a lot of books reviewed. 

I hereby vow never to let my unreviewed books pile up again.

What are you reading today?!

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week…. and anything in between!  This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well… you never know where that next “must read” book will come from! I love being a part of this and I hope you do too! As part of this weekly meme Book Journey loves to encourage you all to go and visit the others participating in this meme. Book Journey offers a weekly contest for those who visit 10 or more of the Monday Meme participants and leave a comment telling BJ how many you visited.